Week 6 Blog Assignment: social media & website builders

I recently joined the social media website LinkedIn, used for social networking for professionals. LinkedIn was founded in December of 2002 and launched in May of 2003. In 2013 LinkedIn reported having more than 225 million users in more than 220 countries throughout the world. LinkedIn is highly beneficial for professionals in search of employment and supplies a sort of virtual resume with the ability to add additional parts of user's lives. However a downfall with any social media site is that you may get requests to connect with individuals that you do not know personally and that may not reflect or support your business ventures. I have enjoyed my experience with LinkedIn thus far. I have the ability to put my professional profile on the internet for potential future employers to view, and I have the ability to connect with and follow the accounts of professionals and companies that share my desired business ventures.

Through building a group website on the various clubs at Western Washington University, we have been experimenting with the use of wix and weebly, personal website builders that you can use for free or pay for to get a more advanced set of tools to create a more advanced website. Wix is very user friendly and easy to use, however it does not offer the ability to use HTML code, so it is not geared to the more advanced website creators.

Key, J. R. (2012, Oct 04). Linkedin has pros and cons. Retrieved from http://www.indianapolisrecorder.com/business/article_018e1ab4-0e5f-11e2-843b-0019bb2963f4.html

General intsructions . (2011). Retrieved from wix.com